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plainclothesman — noun Date: 1899 a plainclothes police officer … New Collegiate Dictionary
plainclothesman — /playn klohz meuhn, man , klohdhz /, n., pl. plainclothesmen / meuhn, men /. a police officer, esp. a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty. Also, plainclothes man. [1925 30; PLAIN CLOTHES + MAN1] * * * … Universalium
plainclothesman — Synonyms and related words: Bow Street runner, FBI, FBI agent, Federal, G man, Secret Service, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, T man, detective, dick, fed, hawkshaw, hotel detective, house detective, house dick, inquiry agent, investigator, narc,… … Moby Thesaurus
plainclothesman — pleɪn kləʊðzmÉ™n n. detective wearing civilian clothing; undercover policeman … English contemporary dictionary
plainclothesman — plain·clothes·man … English syllables
plainclothesman — plain•clothes•man [[t]ˈpleɪnˈkloʊz mən, ˌmæn, ˈkloʊðz [/t]] also plain′clothes′ man n. pl. men [[t] mən, ˌmɛn[/t]] a police officer, esp. a detective, who wears civilian clothes while on duty • Etymology: 1925–30 … From formal English to slang
plainclothesman — noun a detective who wears civilian clothes on duty (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑detective, ↑investigator, ↑tec, ↑police detective * * * (ˈ) ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷mən, ˌman, ˌmaa(ə)n noun (plural plainclothesmen) … Useful english dictionary
The Plainclothesman — infobox television show name = The Plainclothesman caption = format = Crime show runtime = 30 minutes creator = starring = Ken Lynch country = USA network = DuMont first aired = October 12, 1949 last aired = September 12, 1954 num episodes = imdb … Wikipedia
The Plainclothesman — Género Drama policial Reparto Ken Lynch País de origen Estados Unidos Duración … Wikipedia Español
The Caves of Steel — infobox Book | name = The Caves of Steel title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover) author = Isaac Asimov cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Robot genre = Mystery Science fiction… … Wikipedia